Post by Nigel Spiers on Jun 20, 2017 21:55:11 GMT
Hi,
I have a long standing problem of Nulls and Peaks at various frequencies in my 3m x 5m home studio. I know it's primarily the room because the problems are completely gone when I listen through AKG Studio Headphones. I have got used to listening in one spot with my back against the back wall almost in the corner - that was the only spot in the room which had an evenly balanced sound. Over the years I have tried fixing the problems with more and thicker acoustic panels and bass traps. Luckily this is my business so I have unlimited panels and traps to experiment with - but no solution - no matter what I tried.
Recently one of my old Alesis Monitor One monitors gave up the ghost. I knew they were not high quality speakers but I was used to mixing on them. I had previously tried a pair of Adam monitors and they were good but didn't fix any of my acoustic room problems so I returned them.
So a few weeks ago I bought a pair of Focal monitors and boy what a difference!
They have an amazingly wide sweet spot and right out of the box they fixed all my nulls and peaks. I did have one problem - their extended bass completely overwhelmed the room but they have a Treble and Bass EQ adjustment and I set the Bass EQ adjustment at -4 - problem solved.
Does this mean that you don't have to acoustically treat your studio - no of course not - every studio and room benefits significantly from acoustic treatment.
However I am now convinced that other factors also play a significant role in solving acoustic problems and that includes choice of speakers and speaker placement.
I look forward to your thoughts and experiences.
Best Regards
Nigel Spiers
NZ Acoustics Ltd
New Zealand.
I have a long standing problem of Nulls and Peaks at various frequencies in my 3m x 5m home studio. I know it's primarily the room because the problems are completely gone when I listen through AKG Studio Headphones. I have got used to listening in one spot with my back against the back wall almost in the corner - that was the only spot in the room which had an evenly balanced sound. Over the years I have tried fixing the problems with more and thicker acoustic panels and bass traps. Luckily this is my business so I have unlimited panels and traps to experiment with - but no solution - no matter what I tried.
Recently one of my old Alesis Monitor One monitors gave up the ghost. I knew they were not high quality speakers but I was used to mixing on them. I had previously tried a pair of Adam monitors and they were good but didn't fix any of my acoustic room problems so I returned them.
So a few weeks ago I bought a pair of Focal monitors and boy what a difference!
They have an amazingly wide sweet spot and right out of the box they fixed all my nulls and peaks. I did have one problem - their extended bass completely overwhelmed the room but they have a Treble and Bass EQ adjustment and I set the Bass EQ adjustment at -4 - problem solved.
Does this mean that you don't have to acoustically treat your studio - no of course not - every studio and room benefits significantly from acoustic treatment.
However I am now convinced that other factors also play a significant role in solving acoustic problems and that includes choice of speakers and speaker placement.
I look forward to your thoughts and experiences.
Best Regards
Nigel Spiers
NZ Acoustics Ltd
New Zealand.
